Industry News

Microsoft introduces renewed deal for Yahoo! search
Microsoft revives deal with Yahoo! in a bid for its search business, but dismisses full takeover of the Internet firm.

AOL expand business unit with MediaGlow
AOL has expanded their business unit and is now operating under the three business cores of advertising, publishing and social media, in response to the decline in their advertising revenue

Google's green credentials thrown into debate
A recent paper by Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross suggests Google searches have a dramatic impact on the environment

2009: Predictions on the rise
It seems that, more than ever before, everyone who is anyone in the online world is making predictions about what will happen in 2009. So how many of them could be right?

Twitter to go mainstream, Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry set the date
Where will Twitter go from here?

Carol Bartz named as Yahoo! chief executive
Jerry Yang's replacement as Yahoo! CEO has been announced.

Is Google feeling the Squeeze? Selected services and apps get the chop
Whether it's saving money or a spring clean, Google is tidying up its set of services and some applications that have either never taken off or have been replaced with better ones.

Police use Facebook to track criminal
Cops in Queenstown, New Zealand, have used Facebook to find a man who attempted to steal from a pub's safe.

London Olympics announce social media strategy
LOCOG have revealed plans to entice young people into involvement with the Olympic Games

MySpace to develop e-mail service
E-mail address changes for MySpace workers hint towards future plans for the social networking site